Had a hard time installing, replacing the old TAMA beater we got in our church. Took me awhile to figure out how this should be installed. All in all, it's still a great piece for those who wish to replace their old Iron Cobra Beaters :]

I got these in and there were no rods as pictured. Should have read the reviews, then I would have cught it before ordering. Musician's friend was real nice about doing an exchange so all is still well.

As the other person pointed out, the image for the product shows the rod and appears to come with the head. It does not. The image should be changed to have no rod or gray out the rod. The product that comes with the rod (CB90) and this one both just say 'beater head' in the description. So if you are not very familiar with these products you are left guessing.

Bought two of these with the felt head for my daughter's Sound Percussion double-bass pedal. I wasn't sure that the beaters that came with the pedal were felt, so I got these just in case. As it turns out, these were a really good buy, because they have a really nice dense felt head, which seems to be of better quality than the S-P ones. Also, the head angle is fully adjustable (the adjuster and setscrew are metal-bulletproof), so you can get a perfectly flat strike with different shaft lengths and varying depths of drum hoops. They produce a nice tight THUD, but with a pretty good bottom end tone. If you want more of a midrange SMACK ( a la Vinnie Paul-Pantera), I think they also have a rubber and a plastic head available. I also put on one of the REMO falam-slam patches to save the head, and this seems to work pretty well with these beaters-just clean the head with alcohol and double check the placement in relation to the beaters before you stick it down. Typical TAMA quality, these beaters did not disappoint. Head angle adjusts for perfect contact. Collar for setup memory.Work as advertised. Quality materials and design.Overall, a worthwhile purchase.